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Registration Now Open for Iowa Swine Day 2013

AMES, Iowa -- Building on its successful return to Iowa State University last year, the 2013 version of Iowa Swine Day has a new format and plenty of information for pork industry members. Professor of animal science John Patience said registration for the Thursday, June 27 event is now open.

“Those who register by the early deadline of June 14 will pay $60 – that’s $20 off the full registration fee – and students of any age can attend for just $25,” Patience said. “The fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks and a copy of the conference notebook.”

The day begins with registration at 7:30 a.m. and the welcome at 9 a.m. The morning plenary session features four speakers in Benton Auditorium. Following lunch, attendees will choose from 14 breakout sessions organized into three concurrent tracks: sustaining the global competitiveness of the American pork industry, utilizing human resources most effectively in pork production and what’s new at Iowa State University. The day’s activities will conclude about 5:15 p.m.

Patience, who co-chairs the event with Ken Stalder and Butch Baker of the Iowa Pork Industry Center, said the planning group has worked diligently to learn about information needs and how best to address those needs through the program, which is set in the Scheman Building at the Iowa State Center in Ames. Program planning partners are IPIC, Iowa State animal science department, Iowa Pork Producers Association and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

“We consulted with industry representatives to learn what they’d like included in the program and have put together a first rate program of speakers and topics,” Patience said. “Session topics include employee engagement, global success in swine production, success with group housing of sows, effects of heat stress on pig productivity and understanding the impact of the replacement gilt on system health.”

The program has been approved by the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine for two scientific credits and four management credits.